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Hart Middle School

6500 SHELDON RD, ROCHESTER HILLS, MI 48306 · (248) 726-4500 · Oakland County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL999 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Michigan public high schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public high schools

Enrollment
999
High
DISTRICT 1,022 · STATE 460
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
98 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 631832%
Grade 733634%
Grade 834535%
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
76577%
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
828%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
242%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
808%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
455%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
50951%
Female
49049%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
68.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
62.1%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Hart Middle School

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Hart Middle School this school9999.8%66.3%
West Middle School
ROCHESTER HILLS
7849.8%69.3%
Portage Central High School
PORTAGE
1,39110.5%N/A
Central High School
GRAND RAPIDS
99913.7%N/A
Stoney Creek High School
ROCHESTER HILLS
1,4789.5%N/A
South Lyon East High School
SOUTH LYON
1,17416.5%N/A
Matched among Michigan high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Hart Middle School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Oakland County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
66.3%#6 of 62#3 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
62.1%#4 of 51N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
68.2%#4 of 40N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
999#124 of 844#29 of 76
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
24.5:1#527 of 548#45 of 46
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
39.8%#192 of 550#30 of 47
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
9.8%#641 of 654#52 of 57
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.3%#271 of 436#26 of 38
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
999
-89 (-8%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 1,212
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 21.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2599940.824.5:110% (98)
2023-241,01652.119.5:113% (129)
2022-231,03249.320.9:117% (180)
2020-211,0885021.8:114% (156)
2017-181,12652.521.5:113% (142)
2015-161,1445222.0:111% (123)
2010-111,1254923.0:113% (142)
2000-011,2125820.9:12% (26)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hart Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,126 to 999); teachers down 22% (52.5 to 40.8).

About Hart Middle School

As a large high school, Hart Middle School serves students in ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan. Enrollment stands at 999 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That is 117% above the average of about 460 students for high schools in Michigan.

Hart Middle School reports to Rochester Community School District, which has 22 schools and 14,592 students.

More than half of enrollment at Hart Middle School is White: 77%. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hart Middle School scores 40%.

For every teacher at Hart Middle School, there are about 24.5 students; the school has 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Michigan average 21.6:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 10%. Public schools in Oakland County average 32%.

Hart Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of Michigan public high schools.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Hart Middle School would be expected to post about 61.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.3%.

For Oakland County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 345 public schools in the county, enrolling about 169,926, Hart Middle School among them.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Stoney Creek High School, is about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Hart Middle School is 3rd among 6 schools close by.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal enrollment counts decreased from 1,088 (2020-21) to 999 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 21.8:1 to 24.5:1.

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Oakland County at a glance

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Population
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students

Quick facts

School name
Hart Middle School
District
Rochester Community School District
Address
6500 SHELDON RD, ROCHESTER HILLS, MI 48306
Phone
(248) 726-4500
County
Oakland County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
999
Teachers (FTE)
41
Student–teacher ratio
24.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
98 (10%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
262994000242
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Rochester Community School District
Other schools in ROCHESTER HILLS
Other Hart Middle schools

2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Hart Middle. Hart Middle School is the largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About Hart Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Hart Middle School?
Hart Middle School enrolls approximately 999 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Hart Middle School serve?
Hart Middle School serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Hart Middle School have?
Hart Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hart Middle School?
At Hart Middle School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Hart Middle School public or private?
Hart Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rochester Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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